So there’s been a lot of talk about a time traveler being spotted in a 1928 Charlie Chaplin film. Let’s have a look: This is what happens when you look at the past through the eyes of the present. She sure looks like she’s talking on a cell phone, but there’s a problem. Time traveler […]
How do we get people to work to improve each other’s lives? Matt Ridley says the two keys are free exhange and fossil fuels. Matt Ridley Talks About the Rational Optimist Ridley estimates that in is his lifetime the average citizen has become three times richer, has a lifespan that is 1/3 longer, has 1/3 […]
…because you can’t shake his hand. Now here’s a happy guy. He’s young. He’s good looking. He enjoys travel, swimming, golf. Plus he’s got a cool job: motivating and inspiring young people. We should all be so lucky.
Here’s a viral ad that works for me. I don’t care if you buy a Samsung phone or not, but if this video doesn’t put you in a good mood…what the heck is your problem?
Why look for ways to increase human intelligence? Here’s why: Much more of this sort of thing here. I assume Hans Jenny is speaking metaphorically about sound in his opening remarks. I don’t see how literal “sound” could have brought matter into shape in the airless void of the Big Bang. Here’s more: We have […]
I’m still spending all of my blogging time on the MT 4.0 cut-over, but I had to share this one. After my wife and Stephen, Saul Goodman has got to be the finest lawyer on the planet. I know it’s a 4-month old TV promo. (Breaking Bad is good stuff, btw, for those who have […]
RepRap inventor Adrian Bowyer talks about the implications of a self-replicating factory:
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In order to better prepare ourselves for the major transformation to come, let’s review the major transformations of the past six million years.